Ricky
@revrickydean.bsky.social
Pastor, letting the sure and certain hope of the resurrection revive me daily
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
Anybody else think its too dusty for golf
March 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Anybody else think its too dusty for golf
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I heard my friend Dan here give a remarkable brief talk about this last month. Thankfully, he’s written it up at length to share.
In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
February 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I heard my friend Dan here give a remarkable brief talk about this last month. Thankfully, he’s written it up at length to share.
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Christian Nationalism has a body count.
February 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Christian Nationalism has a body count.
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Trump is gutting Christian ministries that serve the poor . . . while MAGA Christians cheer.
And if you object to the human suffering they cause, then they accuse you of displaying "toxic empathy."
No, really: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/o...
And if you object to the human suffering they cause, then they accuse you of displaying "toxic empathy."
No, really: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/o...
Opinion | Behold the Strange Spectacle of Christians Against Empathy
There is nothing woke about medicine or food.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Trump is gutting Christian ministries that serve the poor . . . while MAGA Christians cheer.
And if you object to the human suffering they cause, then they accuse you of displaying "toxic empathy."
No, really: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/o...
And if you object to the human suffering they cause, then they accuse you of displaying "toxic empathy."
No, really: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/o...
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I've been hungry for a clear story that comprehensively lays out the risks to government systems from DOGE. Here, @ibogost.bsky.social and @cwarzel.bsky.social speak to people with the right knowledge and provide a great, sense-making piece. Unfortunately, the sense that is made is... scary sense:
The Government’s Computing Experts Say They Are Terrified
Four IT professionals lay out just how destructive Elon Musk’s incursion into the U.S. government could be.
www.theatlantic.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I've been hungry for a clear story that comprehensively lays out the risks to government systems from DOGE. Here, @ibogost.bsky.social and @cwarzel.bsky.social speak to people with the right knowledge and provide a great, sense-making piece. Unfortunately, the sense that is made is... scary sense:
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Very proud of Paralyzed Veterans of America for their strong stand on Trump’s disgusting comments today. pva.org/news-and-med...
Paralyzed Veterans of America Releases Statement Following Remarks Made by President Donald Trump Addressing Tragic Plane Crash in Nation’s Capital
WASHINGTON, DC (Jan 30, 2025) — Paralyzed Veterans of America Chief Executive Officer Carl Blake releases statement following remarks made by President Donald Trump at a press conference addressing ye...
pva.org
January 31, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Very proud of Paralyzed Veterans of America for their strong stand on Trump’s disgusting comments today. pva.org/news-and-med...
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Deadly serious point from Sen. Peters: You complain about the lowering of standards, but how do we defend if we're lowering the standard for SECDEF? You'd never be hired as a CEO at even a medium sized company.
January 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Deadly serious point from Sen. Peters: You complain about the lowering of standards, but how do we defend if we're lowering the standard for SECDEF? You'd never be hired as a CEO at even a medium sized company.
I need a grant writer for a proposal. Do you know one?
January 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I need a grant writer for a proposal. Do you know one?
Join us this Sunday for the start of our winter series, Letter To My Sons!
What do you do when you think your life is ending? Find your will, check your insurance, and write a few letters. In those letters you try to distill what is most important to you, the things you want to never be forgotten
What do you do when you think your life is ending? Find your will, check your insurance, and write a few letters. In those letters you try to distill what is most important to you, the things you want to never be forgotten
January 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Join us this Sunday for the start of our winter series, Letter To My Sons!
What do you do when you think your life is ending? Find your will, check your insurance, and write a few letters. In those letters you try to distill what is most important to you, the things you want to never be forgotten
What do you do when you think your life is ending? Find your will, check your insurance, and write a few letters. In those letters you try to distill what is most important to you, the things you want to never be forgotten
“What do men want? They want a lot of pals, and they wish that people wouldn’t get so mad at them.”
— Kurt Vonnegut
— Kurt Vonnegut
December 31, 2024 at 3:55 AM
“What do men want? They want a lot of pals, and they wish that people wouldn’t get so mad at them.”
— Kurt Vonnegut
— Kurt Vonnegut
SMU. Don’t forget to pick up your parting gifts on the way out.
December 21, 2024 at 5:59 PM
SMU. Don’t forget to pick up your parting gifts on the way out.
Thanks for playing SMU. Enjoy the merch
December 21, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Thanks for playing SMU. Enjoy the merch
the Angels insist the message of Christmas is good news of great joy. If Christmas is supposed to mean Great Joy, what are we missing? Join us this December as we celebrate how Jesus brings joy to the very places we need it most.
November 29, 2024 at 7:36 PM
the Angels insist the message of Christmas is good news of great joy. If Christmas is supposed to mean Great Joy, what are we missing? Join us this December as we celebrate how Jesus brings joy to the very places we need it most.
Can we all agree that the NFL needs more holding and alignment penalties?
November 29, 2024 at 2:29 AM
Can we all agree that the NFL needs more holding and alignment penalties?
Received this Ecard from a brother behind bars. He has been locked up nearly half of his life, and does not expect to ever leave, but he has peace with God and with his circumstances.
I hope you experience the power of thankfulness this #Thanksgiving Day.
I hope you experience the power of thankfulness this #Thanksgiving Day.
November 26, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Received this Ecard from a brother behind bars. He has been locked up nearly half of his life, and does not expect to ever leave, but he has peace with God and with his circumstances.
I hope you experience the power of thankfulness this #Thanksgiving Day.
I hope you experience the power of thankfulness this #Thanksgiving Day.
All my life I heard that Jesus came to give us rest and take away our guilt.
Then I saw churches using guilt to wear people out.
My prayer was that we would be a church like Jesus.
riveroakstulsa.com/media/series...
Then I saw churches using guilt to wear people out.
My prayer was that we would be a church like Jesus.
riveroakstulsa.com/media/series...
Growing A Church Like Jesus
riveroakstulsa.com
November 25, 2024 at 3:19 AM
All my life I heard that Jesus came to give us rest and take away our guilt.
Then I saw churches using guilt to wear people out.
My prayer was that we would be a church like Jesus.
riveroakstulsa.com/media/series...
Then I saw churches using guilt to wear people out.
My prayer was that we would be a church like Jesus.
riveroakstulsa.com/media/series...
Has there been a serious blue sky discussion about why Democrats lost voters in every major demographic? One that I just missed? Or are we just going to keep complaining about how awful Donald Trump is?
November 23, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Has there been a serious blue sky discussion about why Democrats lost voters in every major demographic? One that I just missed? Or are we just going to keep complaining about how awful Donald Trump is?
